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Sally Baskey

  • Humorist and Keynote Speaker
  • Performs in her trademark character: Ida Mae Fudpucker
Speaker Fees
Keynote (corporate): $5,000
Keynote (non-profit): $3,500
Keynote (in-state): $3,500
Traveling From
Texas

Sally has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and taught at the Actors Workshop in Dallas before starting a 25-year career with a major oil company where she made an impact on marketing, customer service, human resources, telecommunications, public relations, and employee communications. With a strength in managing technical areas as a non-technical person, Sally...

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Sally has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and taught at the Actors Workshop in Dallas before starting a 25-year career with a major oil company where she made an impact on marketing, customer service, human resources, telecommunications, public relations, and employee communications.

With a strength in managing technical areas as a non-technical person, Sally keeps it simple! Her presentations entertain, educate, and influence audiences by showing how humor can help diffuse difficult situations within an organization as well as in life.

Sally is a humorist and motivational speaker whose message is how to use humor to get through life. Her book, “Laughter, My Drug of Choice”, shares her philosophy of using a sense of humor to deal with change. Her trademark character, Ida Mae Fudpucker, uses humor to spoof management and the numerous corporate reorganizations that are inevitable, but troubling to employees. She provides the comic relief often needed at your company meetings, training sessions, and conferences.

Both enteraining and thought-provoking, Sally Baskey will make your audience smile, but more importantly, Sally will make your audience think. You can be sure that Sally will make your meeting memorable.

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Sally Baskey in Media

Speaker Programs

IDA MAE FUDPUCKER
Her trademark character, Ida Mae Fudpucker, uses humor to make the heavy topics in the workplace lighter. Ida is a retiree who dabbles in various businesses and consulting opportunities. As Ida Mae, Sally will appear ...more
Her trademark character, Ida Mae Fudpucker, uses humor to make the heavy topics in the workplace lighter. Ida is a retiree who dabbles in various businesses and consulting opportunities. As Ida Mae, Sally will appear at your business or social event. The audience will at first be shocked by the audacity of this outspoken senior citizen and then be completely taken in by her wit. (Be assured that Ida Mae's quips are always tactful and in good taste!) Of course, Sally does her research first, and is truly gifted at finding the humor in any situation and incorporating it into her hilarious Ida Mae act. ...less
LAUGHTER, MY DRUG OF CHOICE
Life is full of experiences that make us sad, frustrated, mad or those that sometimes put us "over the edge." This highly entertaining and motivational program is based up on Sally's book of the same ...more
Life is full of experiences that make us sad, frustrated, mad or those that sometimes put us "over the edge." This highly entertaining and motivational program is based up on Sally's book of the same name. Sally delivers her message of how to deal with change by finding the humor in life's difficult situations. Her entertaining, yet thought-provoking and motivational presentation will leave your audience with a truly pain-relieving prescription for dealing with the challenges of everyday life. ...less
SELF-MEDICATE WITH HUMOR
Although audiences will smile and laugh during Sally's entertaining programs, they will also be inspired to find humor in the everyday challenges of life once they leave your event! Attendees will want to implement the ...more
Although audiences will smile and laugh during Sally's entertaining programs, they will also be inspired to find humor in the everyday challenges of life once they leave your event! Attendees will want to implement the many interpersonal skills that Sally presents, an management will discover how, while most productive employees take their jobs seriously, they take themselves lightly. Sally motivates audiences to examine their own communication styles while remaining focused and energized in order to achieve their personal and professional goals. ...less
Laughter, A Gift from GOD (Faith-Based)
Have you ever wondered when God created us in HIS own image, and gave us our personalities and spiritual gifts, if HE gave us the gift of laughter? OR was laughter a result of sin ...more
Have you ever wondered when God created us in HIS own image, and gave us our personalities and spiritual gifts, if HE gave us the gift of laughter? OR was laughter a result of sin when Adam and Eve disobeyed GOD in the Garden of Eden? Join Sally as she explores this topic and shows us that laughter is truly a gift from GOD. She'll show us how to navigate through life and use humor to get through change, or difficult situations. She'll discuss both the physical and emotional healing power of humor, and she will give you key techniques for finding humor in everyday life. ...less

Reviews

“Sally Baskey was phenomenal last night! Her alter ego, Ida Mae was absolutely hilarious. Her memory is AMAZING!! She just plain nailed it. Wish I could just hang out with her because I would lose 10lbs from laughing!!

- Staplcotn

"You have such a gift of relating to everyday people in everyday situations and we were all touched in one way or another. I believe all 500 attendees left the meeting feeling a bit lighter with regard to various circumstances they might be facing in their lives. As the meeting planner, I also want to…

- Atlanta Apartment Association

"We expect a professional speaker to plan and execute a speech flawlessly. It’s quite another thing to discover that Sally has mastered the art of ad-libbing after listening to the speakers for the first time that day, successfully fooling participants about who she was, and leaving the audience roaring as they listened to her recap…

- Collin County Community College

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